Analysis of If It Should Come To Be
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
If it should come to be,
This proof of you and me,
This type and sign
Of hours that smiled and shone,
And yet seemed dead and gone
As old-world wine:
Of Them Within the Gate
Ask we no richer fate,
No boon above,
For girl child or for boy,
My gift of life and joy,
Your gift of love.
| Scheme | AABXXB CCDEED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 111101 1101 1101101 011101 1111 110101 111101 1101 111111 111101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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